Hello all, new to the forum but I've been lurking around for quite a while trying to figure out things for myself. I'm very green at circuitry on this level but am actively self-teaching to learn more. I understand the basics of a lot of the most used components in circuit boards, but I'm stumped on my latest endeavor. I recently had a car alarm installed that has a 3V output powering a red LED but it's very dim and can't be seen during the day and barely at night - so, I grabbed a 5V bright blue LED to put in place. Of course, I knew the module wouldn't power it to the level I wanted, so I integrated a small board with a 2N2222 transistor and 350 ohm resistor on the collector side. Problem I have is that the alarm module blinks the led once every 5 seconds and it's barely a blink (split second) so it's not powering my "aftermarket" LED the way I would like. I believe including a 555 timer may help in my efforts to get my bright blue LED to "hold" the blink for at least a second, but every other time I've used a 555 timer, the control voltage had to be constant (not a pulse), not sure how to integrate (another transistor?) the timer into my circuit. To sum it up: in my ideal world, I would like to have blink my bright blue LED every 2-3 seconds from the alarm's factory slow blink 3V output. I know I just butchered my explanation of this and I don't have a schematic but hopefully it's enough to understand. Any input is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Clint
Thanks!
Clint